Flock Cameras Draw Bipartisan Concerns at Senate Hearing
Lawmakers said the network’s 120,000 cameras can be searched without warrants and have been tied to misuse and wrongful arrests.
- On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing titled "Always Watching: Flock's Nationwide AI Surveillance Network," with four witnesses testifying about privacy risks from AI-powered license plate readers.
- Flock operates more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states, with only Hawaii lacking the technology; investigator Brendan Keefe's reporting uncovered at least 19 instances in Georgia where officers were arrested for misusing the database to track romantic partners.
- Lindsey Isaacs of Florida testified she was wrongly arrested after a Flock camera captured her black Dodge Durango miles from a crash involving a maroon vehicle; she spent 13 days in jail before prosecutors dropped charges.
- Although Subcommittee Chairman Josh Hawley invited CEOs from Flock, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada to testify, none appeared; witness Alasdair Whitney urged Congress to require search warrants before law enforcement access historical license plate databases.
- Senators Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., sent a letter to the Justice Department earlier this week expressing concern about misuse and calling for "appropriate safeguards" against unauthorized access and abuse of surveillance data.
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Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say • Washington State Standard
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Senators unload on Flock surveillance cameras after tech CEOs skip hearing
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Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is […]
Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say • Rhode Island Current
A Flock camera monitors passing traffic on Sept. 2, 2026 in Miami. The state department of transportation said this month it will remove license plate readers, such as Flock cameras, from all state highways, citing an increase in reports of misuse of the systems. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a…
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